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Patent GB-2381387-A (GB)
Title: Limit switch
Inventor: TRICKETT PAUL
IPC: H01H1/58
Filed: 2001-04-11
Abstract: An electrical limit switch (10) is provided and comprises a number of contact elements (30) each having a slot (32) with inner cutting edges (34) for penetrating the insulation of and containing a conducting element (48). The contact elements (30) are provided on a body which engages a base (56) wherein the base (56) receives a plurality of conducting elements (48). Upon engagement of tje body and base (56), the conducting elements (48) are foced into respective slots (32) in the contact elements (30), thus providing a rapid electrical connection. The switching means of the limit switch (1) is provided by an actuating arrangement (14) including a plunger portion (16) and a roller (18), wherein the plunger (16) includes electrical contacts (36a, 36b) which are moveable with the plunger. Each contact (36a, 36b) provides an electrical connection between two of the contact elements (30) when the plunger (16) is in the appropriate position. The limit switch (10) includes a cover (12) with respective upper and lower cover portions (12a, 12b) which are held together by click-lock tabs (20) and grooves (22). Mounted on the upper cover portion (12a) is the actuating arrangement (14) and the lower portion (12b) terminates in an integral calbe gland (26).
Patent GB-2400350-A (GB)
Title: Device for raising the feet of a vehicle occupant
Inventor: FLETCHER RICHARD
IPC: B60N2/24
Filed: 2003-04-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a device for assisting a person to exit or enter a vehicle such as a motorcar which has a raised part, ie. a sill, between the part of the car floor on which the person's feet normally rest when seated in the vehicle and the exterior of the vehicle. The device comprises a rigid platform 1 adapted to be positioned above said part of the car floor A to provide support to the person's feet, and means for raising and lowering the platform (see figure 4) to and from a position at substantially the same height above the floor as the sill. The means for raising the platform may comprise an electrically operated parallelogram linkage (not illustrated), or a pneumatically inflatable bag 13. The rigid platform may have several flaps 6, 7, 9 attached to it by means of hinges 10, 11, 12.
Patent GB-2400380-A (GB)
Title: Toilet seat fitting
Inventor: KELLY JOSEPH STEVEN
IPC: F16B19/00
Filed: 2003-04-09
Abstract: A toilet seat fitting for attaching the seat to the toilet pan comprises a post 7 for insertion into a fixing aperture 9 in the toilet pan 8, the post being adapted to frictionally engage the inner surface 15 of the aperture 9. Preferably, the post comprises a plurality of resiliently deflectable engagement members 14 protruding sideways to engage with the sides of the hole. The engagement members may be inclined and may extend around the post, preferably in an annular or continuous manner. The engagement members may have an outer surface 16 which extends parallel to the direction of insertion. The post may comprise a head 6 to engage around the aperture. Preferably the fitting may have an hinge portion 11 to an annular seat member, the seat member may be coupled to a pair of the fittings (2, 3 Fig 1) inserted into a pair of apertures within the toilet pan.
Patent GB-2390873-A (GB)
Title: Balance shaft and fluid pump assembly
Inventor: SHULVER DAVID
IPC: F02B67/04
Filed: 2003-05-30
Abstract: A dual fluid pump assembly 40, 42 is driven by respective shafts 20, 22 of a dual balancing shaft assembly 10 for the engine of an automotive vehicle. A shaft housing 14 comprises upper and lower portions rotatably and supports primary and secondary balancing shafts of the dual balancing shaft assembly. The shafts are coupled by gears for rotating the primary and secondary balance shafts in opposite directions. Each shaft includes a distal end 24, 26 for supporting and driving a fluid pump 40, 42. A pump housing 50 is fixedly secured to the shaft housing 14 for enclosing the fluid pump and retaining fluid therebetween. The pumps are disposed adjacent the shaft housing and within a seal formed by the shaft housing and pump housing.
Patent GB-2391881-A (GB)
Title: Mining hydrothermal vents
Inventor: KAVANAGH MICHAEL EUGENE
IPC: E02F5/00
Filed: 2003-06-10
Abstract: A method of mining a hydrothermal vent involves placing an apparatus of over the vent and directing the vent fluids via pipe work to a surface vessel where electrolysis is used to recover minerals from solution. Residual liquid is then returned to the ocean via a second set of return pipes. In another aspect (fig 2), vent fluids are directed via pipework to mineral containing sediment around the vents, whereby the fluids agitate and cause entrainment of the sediment, wherein the flow produced from the vent may carry the sediment to the vessel for separation. It is also stated that the methods could be used with artificial vents drilled in the ocean floor.
Patent GB-2405157-A (GB)
Title: Pre-fabricated vortex valve unit
Inventor: STEPHENSON ALEX
IPC: E03F5/10
Filed: 2003-08-22
Abstract: A prefabricated vortex valve unit for use between drainage gullies and sewers comprises a base 2 and a side wall 4 which define a chamber with inlets 6 and an outlet 8 in which a vortex valve 22 is mounted. The base and side wall comprise an integral component made from reinforced concrete, and includes benching 10 and a head wall 18 for the mounting of the vortex valve 22. There may be plural inlets extending over an arc of less than 180{. The unit may be cylindrical and of reinforced concrete and is assembled off-site and is installed in an excavated hole that is then back filled.
Patent GB-2390397-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust gas recirculation with condensation control
Inventor: MCKEE HEATHER
IPC: F02M25/07
Filed: 2002-01-07
Abstract: An EGR system (126) includes an engine (120), an EGR valve (134); a two pass full flow EGR cooler (142) having a cross-sectional area to increase flow rates and reduce fouling; and a bypass valve (151) positioned downstream of the EGR valve (134) and upstream of the EGR cooler (142) to reduce/eliminate the EGR condensation. A trap (152) is positioned downstream of the EGR cooler (142) to collect any condensate; an associated electric heater (158) having appropriate piping to bypass the turbocharger and deliver the mixture to the tailpipe. A charge-air-cooler bypass valve is provided alone or with the EGR cooler bypass and/or trap(s).
Patent GB-2408772-A (GB)
Title: Door opening arrestor comprising pivoted bar
Inventor: MCMANUS JOHN HUTCHIESON
IPC: E05C17/50
Filed: 2003-12-05
Abstract: A door opening arrestor comprising an arrestor bar 1 and a locking plate 3. The arrestor bar 1 is pivoted to an internal wall 6 adjacent to a door and is arranged such that pivoting of the bar 1 enables the bar 1 to engage a slot in the locking plate 3. The length of the arrestor bar 1 extends beyond the wall edge such that when attempts are made to open the door, the door pillar 4 is blocked by the bar 1. The arrestor thus limits the opening of the door. A locking pin 5 may be fitted to the end of the arrestor bar nearest the pivot to prevent it being disengaged from the locking plate slot from the outside. The device is constructed from steel. The device does not require attachment to the doorframe and is therefore suitable for use with PVC doors. The device may be particularly useful to older generations.
Patent GB-2398761-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method to produce topography and materials having topography
Inventor: JAMESON LEE KIRBY
IPC: B41J2/04
Filed: 2002-10-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the discrete and registered placement of chemistry. The apparatus having (i) at least one solenoid valve, the valve including an orifice; (ii) at least one chemistry source, the at least one chemistry source being in communication with the at least one valve, and being capable of communicating at least one chemistry to at least one solenoid valve; and (iii) a heating element; wherein the heating element is positioned proximate to at least one chemistry, and wherein the heating element allows the apparatus to process phase-change materials. A second embodiment of the present invention is directed to an ink-jet printing device for the registered placement of phase-change liquids. The present invention is also directed to a method for placing one or more chemistries in a discrete and registered fashion. The present invention also relates a material having fluid handling characteristics and generally includes a substrate having at least a first surface, and one or more chemistries, being applied to the first surface of the substrate in discrete droplets, wherein one or more droplets form discrete domains on the substrate. The chemistries applied to the substrate may penetrate the substrate to varying degrees wherein the varying degrees of chemistry penetration produce materials having various topographies. The topography or topographies may create fluid barriers, skin separation, or otherwise result in skin health benefits. A second embodiment of a material of the invention is directed to an absorbent article having one or more phase-change materials applied thereto. A third embodiment of a material of the invention is directed to a composite including a substrate and one or more chemistries, wherein the chemistries are applied to the substrate so as to produce a substrate having discretely placed and registered bond points.
Patent GB-2403312-A (GB)
Title: Storage system connected to external storage
Inventor: YAMAMOTO YASUTOMO
IPC: G11C11/00
Filed: 2004-05-18
Abstract: An external storage system connects to a second storage system which in turn connects to a host computer, such that a first storage device in the external storage system is provided to the host computer as a device of the second storage system. The second storage system comprises first, second and third control sections mutually connected by an internal network. The first control section is connected to the host computer, and the third control section is connected to the external storage system. The second control section comprises a second storage device and a cache memory. The first control section receives I/O requests from the host computer and selects whether the I/O request is transmitted to the external storage system via a first path defined by the internal network and the third control section, or a second path defined by the internal network, the second control section and the third control section.
Patent GB-2404614-A (GB)
Title: Vegetation pruning device
Inventor: BARKER DAVID
IPC: A01G3/08
Filed: 2004-07-13
Abstract: A vegetation pruning device 2 comprises a pair of arms 4, 6 adapted to pivot relative to each other about an axis to adjust the angle between them, and at least one handle portion 14, 16 adapted to be gripped by a user. The device also includes a motor having a rotary output drive (34, fig 6), and an endless flexible cutting element 8 mounted to a first arm, which is driven by the rotary output drive. At least one first guard member is mounted on the first arm for restricting access to the cutting element, and at least one second guard member is mounted on the second arm for restricting access to the cutting element when the angle between the arms is at its minimum permitted value. The cutting element is arranged substantially in a plane passing through the first guard member and the second guard member.
Patent GB-2406961-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic Sensing Element
Inventor: HASEGAWA NAOYA
IPC: C22C38/00
Filed: 2004-09-27
Abstract: A GMR magnetic sensing element includes a free magnetic layer 16 and a pinned magnetic layer 14. At least one magnetic layer is a Heusler alloy layer or includes a Heusler alloy sublayer. A nonmagnetic layer 15 is provided between the two magnetic layers 14, 16 and may have a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. Equivalent crystal planes represented as 111  planes in the fcc structure, which are the closest packed planes, are exposed on the surface of the nonmagnetic layer 15.
Patent GB-2414737-A (GB)
Title: Inkjet printing ink
Inventor: IOANNIDIS EFSTATHIOS
IPC: C09D11/02
Filed: 2004-11-15
Abstract: An inkjet ink comprises water, colorant and binder, wherein the binder comprises a water soluble self crosslinkable polymer having carbomoyl groups and the colorant is solid pigment particles dispersed in the aqueous solution. The polymer may be a bisulphite adduct of a polyisocyanate polyurethane. The ink may further include humectant, co-solvent, dispersant, additive, oxidising agent pH modifier. Also shown is a method of printing using the ink.
Patent GB-2420794-A (GB)
Title: Locating arrangement
Inventor: DUROSE CLIVE PETER
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2004-11-24
Abstract: A locating arrangement (10) for locating a first part (12) of an article relative to a second part (14) comprises a movable first member (16) in the first part. The movable first member has a tapered locating portion (18). The locating arrangement further includes a reaction formation (20) on the second pad (14). The first member (16) is movable into engagement with the reaction formation (20) so that the tapered locating portion (18) of the first member (16) is slidable over the reaction formation (20) to move the second part (14) relative to the first part (12).
Patent GB-2422442-A (GB)
Title: A method of aligning a workpiece relative to a machine tool
Inventor: WRIGHT THOMAS CHRISTIAN
IPC: G05B19/19
Filed: 2005-01-22
Abstract: A method of performing an operation on a workpiece 10 using a machine tool 12. The method includes the steps of: selecting at least four non-collinear points p on one or more surfaces of the workpiece 10 which, if the workpiece 10 was precisely the desired shape, would lie on a single plane; measuring the relative positions of the points p; using information regarding the relative positions of the points p to calculate the best fit plane for the points; moving either the workpiece 10 or the machine tool 12 such that the best fit plane lies in a desired orientation with respect to the machine tool 12; operating the machine tool 12 to perform the desired operation on the workpiece. The best fit plane may be calculated using least squares multiple regression. The workpiece may be a casting such as a cylinder head and the positions of the points p may be measured using a contact probe.
Patent GB-2417734-A (GB)
Title: Protective edging strip for worktop
Inventor: WHITE STUART CHARLES
IPC: E04G21/30
Filed: 2005-03-22
Abstract: A system for protecting the edges of worktops comprises applying a protective edging strip 1 to at least the front edge 5 of a worktop by a releasable adhesive, delivering and installing the worktop, and finally removing the edging strip. The edging strip 1 is preferably provided with grooves 2, 3 to impart flexibility. They may be provided in only one or both sides of the strip. They may extend across the length and width of the strip or may be limited to edge regions. The edges of the strip may be rounded or tapered.
Patent GB-2416547-A (GB)
Title: Composite roller for a fibre-processing machine
Inventor: SCHLICHTER STEFAN
IPC: D01G15/18
Filed: 2005-07-21
Abstract: A roller for a fibre-processing machine, for example a spinning preparation machine such as a flat card, cleaner, flock feeder, roller card, or nonwoven-forming machine comprises a roller body 30. In order to make possible, by simple means, economical manufacture and adequate dimensional stability, for example a substantially constant carding nip, the roller body 30 has at least one metal cylinder 35 and at least one circular cylindrical sheath of fibre-reinforced plastics material 36 surrounding the cylinder 35. The reinforcing fibres may be carbon, glass or aramid (R.T.M).
Patent GB-2418726-A (GB)
Title: Heat Pump-Type Hot Water Supply Apparatus
Inventor: SHIMMA YASUHIRO
IPC: F24D11/02
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: A heat pump-type hot water supply apparatus has a heat source unit (1), a water heat exchange unit (2), and a tank unit (3). The heat source unit (1) has a compressor (11) forming a part of a heat pump-type refrigeration cycle (H), an electronic expansion valve (13), and a heat source side heat exchanger (14), and receives a controller (30) for controlling operation of an outdoor blower (F) and electric equipment. The water heat exchange unit (2) is placed so as to de separatable relative to the heat source unit (1), receives water heat exchangers (15, 16) forming the remaining part of the heat pump-type refrigeration cycle (H), pumps (21, 22) for guiding circulation water to the water heat exchangers (15, 16) through water piping (6), and a controller (9) for controlling operation of the pumps (21, 22), and is connected to the heat source unit (1) by refrigerant piping (7) and electric wiring (8). The tank unit (3) is connected to the water heat exchange unit (2) through the water piping (6) and receives tanks (4, 5) for containing warm water obtained by heat exchange at the water heat exchangers (15, 16). The water heat exchange unit (2) and the tank unit (3) are placed indoor (R).
Patent GB-2413513-A (GB)
Title: No contact spray apparatus cleaning device
Inventor: JESSUP PHILIP
IPC: B05B15/02
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: The invention is an automatic no contact machine for cleaning and drying tips, air caps, retainers and cups on spray apparatus when changing liquid or when the apparatus will be idle, or to remove build up of paint on applicators that cause spits and drips on surfaces and electrostatic arcing to spray apparatus while containing and recovering cleaning effluents to an environmental standard.
Patent GB-2430401-A (GB)
Title: Multi-functional pocket tool having withdrawable accessory
Inventor: BERMAN LEE
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2005-09-26
Abstract: A multi-functional pocket tool such as a pocket knife (1) is provided with a D-ring (7) for attachment to a key ring or the like and which can be slid along its pivot axis to uncover either 1 of two openings (4) formed in side cheeks (5) on either side of the body of the pocket knife. Implements such as tweezers (2) or a toothpick (3) are frictionally engaged within longitudinal recesses terminating in the openings (4) and when the D-ring is laterally displaced in its inclined configuration it uncovers either one of these openings to allow withdrawal of the tweezers or tooth pick. Inclined slots (8) are formed on either side of the central portion (6) to enable this. The D-ring normally lies flat and covers both openings, thereby preventing inadvertent withdrawal and subsequent loss of the tweezers or toothpick.
Patent GB-2419319-A (GB)
Title: Automotive handle with soft feel and method of making the same
Inventor: COWELCHUK GLENN A
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 2005-10-17
Abstract: An improved trim part 12, such as an automotive handle, with a soft feel, for use in a trim assembly (10 FIG 1), and a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be continuously performed utilizing a single mold assembly (42 FIG 2) are provided. The automotive handle 12 includes a substrate 24 formed by injecting a first material into a first shot mold cavity (44 fig 2) in a first shot of a molding operation. A handle cover 28 is molded to at least a portion of the substrate 24 by injecting into a mold chamber 66 a second foamed material in a second shot of the molding operation to provide the handle with a soft feel. The second foamed material includes a foamed material that produces a soft, outer skin and a light, cellular inner core 36 such that when a force is applied to the cover 28, the skin will deform and compress the inner core 36, providing a soft-touch feel to the handle 12.
Patent GB-2424327-A (GB)
Title: Frequency error correction for low accuracy oscillator employing calibration signal
Inventor: KWOLEK RICHARD ALAN
IPC: H03D7/16
Filed: 2005-11-17
Abstract: A receiver includes a first oscillator 32 supplying a reference frequency signal; a reference signal generator 34 producing a first frequency conversion signal and a local calibration signal from the reference frequency signal 36; a first frequency converter 18 responsive to the first frequency conversion signal to down-convert the received signal during normal receive operation 12 and to down-convert the local calibration signal during calibration processing 38; a second frequency converter 24 responsive to a second frequency conversion signal from a second oscillator 26 to further down-convert the received signal and the local calibration signal; a demodulator 30 that demodulates the received signal at a demodulation frequency; and a frequency error processor 40 that determines a frequency error from the local calibration signal at the demodulation frequency, wherein the reference signal generator adjusts a frequency of the first frequency conversion signal used during normal receive operation in response to the frequency error to compensate for the frequency error. The output of the second down-converter is complex I and Q signals. The error signal is determined from arctangent (Q/I). The I an Q signals may be at a second IF frequency or at baseboard.
Patent GB-2419656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bath shower mixers
Inventor: BECK NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: G05D23/13
Filed: 2004-07-05
Abstract: A bath shower mixer (1) has inlets (7, 8) for hot and cold water, a bath fill outlet (6), a shower outlet (4), a rotatable control knob (12) for manual selection of the output water temperature and a control lever (13) for controlling flow of the output water to a selected one of the bath fill outlet (6) and shower outlet (4). The control lever (13) sets the maximum output water temperature selectable by the control knob (12) on selection of the outlet to provide a maximum output water temperature that is lower for showering than for bath filling.
Patent GB-2439103-A (GB)
Title: Implementing a process-based protection system in a user-based protection environment in a computing device.
Inventor: ALLEN MATTHEW
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2006-06-15
Abstract: A computing device having a security model based on user permissions is provided with an ability to emulate a security model based on process capabilities by providing each executable program on the device with a separate user identity. This is achieved by automatically creating a new pseudo-user for each installed program on the computing device, such that each program which is run on the device does so as the pseudo-user that was created for that program. The mechanism for doing this is preferably provided by the Unix (RTM) setuid and setgid bits which enable a process to adopt the user and group identities of a program. Providing each program with a unique pseudo-user identity provides a workable emulation of per-program data caging by giving each program its own file area. The invention is of particular utility in the context of devices which are inherently single user but are running operating software designed for a multi-user computer system, e.g. mobile telephones and smartphones running Linux (RTM).
Patent GB-2429924-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser with mechanically breakable seal
Inventor: DJUPESLAND PER GISLE
IPC: A61M15/08
Filed: 2003-07-09
Abstract: A delivery device for and method of delivering substance, the delivery device comprising: a delivery outlet 7 from which substance is in use delivered; a gas chamber 17 containing a gas and being of reducible volume, wherein a reduction in the volume of the gas chamber 17 to a predeterminable volume acts to pressurize the contained gas to a predeterminable pressure; a seal element 11 disposed between the gas chamber 17 and the delivery outlet 7; and an opening mechanism 19 configured, on reduction of the volume of the gas chamber 17 to a predeterminable volume, to open the seal element 11, whereupon a gas flow from the gas chamber acts to deliver substance from the delivery outlet 11.